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xBlissx
xBlissx
I have mentioned before that I have problems with my eating but I would not class myself as having an eating disorder, which is why I'm not posting on that board...I'm not a member.

I had an appointment with my pdoc today and he said he could see I'd lost weight since my last appointment (2 weeks ago). I honestly can't see that I've lost any but that's not really the point.

I'm on Mirtazapine and he said that I was the first patient he's ever seen (in 25 yrs of practice) to have reached a weight lower than when they this medication.
Has anyone else managed to do this?
It's just he keeps saying he wants to increase it and I have a feeling that he just wants me to increase it to make me put on weight again.
I have point blank refused to do this though.

What are your thoughts? Has your therapist ever said this to you, or wanted to put you on a medication just to make you fat again?

x-Bliss-x
deleted_user
deleted_user
I would say that's a problem I would like to have, but I know it doesn't work that way!
deleted_user
deleted_user
14-it's a high class problem, (munch)!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
healthy weight range for 5'1" is 98 - 132 ... i hope that you start making yourself eat a little Bliss...my mom could never gain a pound ... i somehow dodged that gene.
Neecola
Neecola
I too suffer loss of appetite when ill and i'm 5ft6.5inchs have trouble gaining even when eating well but I have thyriod probs afterpregnancy and put itdown to that could it be the homones maybe get yous checked thyriod function is a very simple blood test
deleted_user
deleted_user
As long as you keep track of your cholesterol and blood pressure it would probably be good to gain some weight.
vickybea
vickybea
ummm 2008 post...!!
Halterbroke
Halterbroke
Eating disorders - soooo complicated - soooo "shameful" if you have one. I can't seem to lose weight unless I'm pulling an anorexic stint but mostly have been fat since on seroquel and am bulimic all the time. I was 5'6 and 115 lbs and thought I was fat. OMG, I would do jumping jacks to see ***160*** again.

Believe me, they DON'T want to make you fat, they just want to make you healthy.
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